Effective Business Presentations with Powerpoint

Effective Business Presentations with Powerpoint

PwC

About this course: This course is all about presenting the story of the data, using PowerPoint. You'll learn how to structure a presentation, to include insights and supporting data. You'll also learn some design principles for effective visuals and slides. You'll gain skills for client-facing communication - including public speaking, executive presence and compelling storytelling. Finally, you'll be given a client profile, a business problem, and a set of basic Excel charts, which you'll need to turn into a presentation - which you'll deliver with iterative peer feedback.
This course was created by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with an address at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10017.

This course is about presenting the story of the data, using PowerPoint. You'll learn how to structure a presentation and how to include insights and supporting data. You'll also learn some design principles for creating effective PowerPoint slides with visuals displaying data. Though application based exercises, you'll gain foundational communication skills - including public speaking, professional presence and compelling storytelling. Finally, you'll be given a client profile, a business problem, and a set of basic Excel charts, that you will use to create a presentation. You’ll receive peer feedback that you can use to enhance future presentations. This course was created by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with an address at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10017

Вопрос для обсуждения: When do you field questions during a presentation?

Video: Step 8 - Practice your presentation

Video: Presenting on short notice

Вопрос для обсуждения: Preparing for a presentation on short notice

Материал для самостоятельного изучения: The eight-step approach to prepare for a presentation

Вопрос для обсуждения: When is it appropriate to change the order of the eight-step approach?

Video: Week 1 Closing

Video: A Message from our Chief People Officer at PwC

Graded: Week 1 Quiz

WEEK 2

Communication styles

This week, we will be covering the different types of communications styles. You’ll start off by gaining an understanding of your personal professional presence and learn how to maximize it. You’ll learn about verbal and nonverbal communications, and strategies to enhance your questioning and listening skills. We will also discuss how differences in culture can impact how you communicate.

This week, we're discussing how to create effective slides using PowerPoint. You’ll learn about the tools available within PowerPoint, how to structure your storyline, create storyboards, identify primary elements of slide design, display data and finalize your slide presentation. There is a peer review activity where you will apply the skills learned and create a storyboard. Finally, you will also get a chance to identify errors in a presentation to test your knowledge of standard industry practices.

Вопрос для обсуждения: What other tools have you used to create a presentation?

Video: What type of deck should you use?

Video: Structure your storyline

Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Types of logic

Video: Creating a storyboard

Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Tip Sheet: Storyboarding

Video: Primary elements of slide design

Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Slide writing guide

Video: Displaying data

Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Tip Sheet: Displaying data

Video: Finalizing your deck

Вопрос для обсуждения: What experiences do you have using cloud based presentation tools?

Video: Week 3 Closing

Graded: Create a storyboard in PowerPoint

Graded: Identifying errors in a deck exercise

Graded: Week 3 Quiz

WEEK 4

Delivering a presentation

This week, you’re going to build and deliver a presentation to your peers, and receive feedback from them. You will create a presentation of about 10 slides, employing the guidelines and industry best practices that have been discussed in this course. You can use the presentation storyboard that you created last week, which your peers have reviewed and given you feedback on. Review what you’ve developed so far, and make changes or additions that you think will enhance the presentation. Once you’ve finalized your presentation, you will present it in a video using your smartphone or computer.
Once you’re satisfied with the PowerPoint presentation and video, you will be submitting both for peer review. You can use this feedback for current and future presentations that you will make during your career.

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